David Farnor | On 28, Apr 2024

Before you start bingeing through Netflix’s new originals, don’t miss out on catching up with some other gems before their rights expire and they head to another service, or just disappear into the digital ether.

This is your last chance to stream the following on Netflix UK:

Heat – 30th April

Michael Mann’s iconic actioner is an influential masterpiece on multiple fronts.

Munich (2005) – 30th April

One of Spielberg’s most underrated films, this dark 2005 thriller follows five men, who are chosen to find the terrorists responsible for taking 11 Israeli athletes hostage and murdering them following Munich’s 1972 Olympics.

Sinister (2012) – 30th April

Haunted house, check. Freaky children, check. Sinister is a classic American horror movie – and all the better for it.

The Story of Film: A New Generation – 30th April

Mark Cousins’ snapshot of how much cinema has changed in the past decade is packed with entertaining insight.

The Souvenir (2019) – 2nd May

Joanna Hogg’s semi-autobiographical drama is an aching articulation of dignified destruction.

Ad Astra – 9th May

Brad Pitt is magnificent in James Gray’s profound and visually sumptuous sci-fi.

Fantastic Mr Fox – 14th May

Combining cast charisma and a fondness for Roald Dahl’s furry tale, Fantastic Mr Fox is a charming vulpes vulpes for the whole family.

8 Mile – 15th May

Lose your in Curtis Hanson’s thoughtful exploration of a city and a subculture.

The Cry (2018) – 22nd May

This gut-churning tale of a child’s disappearance is impeccably painful TV.

Belfast – 24th May

Kenneth Branagh’s sentimental coming-of-age drama set during the Troubles is an unabashedly earnest ode to family and memory.

Informer (2018) – 24th May

This grippingly complex political thriller – about a British-Pakistan East Londoner who is arrested and lined up by the Counter-Terrorism Office who want him to infiltrate the circle of a known terrorist – places character over cliffhangers to surprising, challenging and moving effect.

It’s a Sin – 24th May

Russell T Davies’ heartbreaking AIDS drama is a profound piece of moving TV.

Liar (2020) – 24th May

ITV’s meticulously written drama is a gripping, thought-provoking and disturbingly topical exploration of consent and criminal justice. (Skip Season 2.)

Little Women (2019) – 25th May

Greta Gerwig’s funny, moving and beautifully modern take on Louisa May Alcott’s novel will be carried forward for generations to come.

Malignant – 26th May

James Wan lets loose with this thrillingly unpredictable B-movie.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent – 26th May

Nic Cage is Nick Cage in this hugely entertaining, self-aware action comedy.

 

Other titles leaving Netflix UK in April / May 2024:

29th April
A Home with A View
Hong Kong West Side Stories
Prince Philip: An Extraordinary Life

30th April
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Austenland
Awakenings
Baby Geniuses
Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures
Coach Carter
The Core
Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads
Gods of Egypt
Knuckle
Kung Fu Panda 3
Octonauts
Primal Fear
Sincerely Yours, Dhaka (Iti, Tomari Dhaka)
The Skeleton Key
Sun Cry Moon
Sur Sapata
The Wall: Climb for Gold

1st May
23 Walks
Bennett’s War
Colony (2018)
Harry Enfield’s Television Programme
Lady Driver
Medici
Munafik 2
Roped
The Stand at Paxton County

2nd May
Despicable Me 3

3rd May
Chris Distefano: Speshy Weshy

4th May
The Football Factory
Resident Evil (2002)
Resident Evil: Extinction
Resident Evil: Retribution
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
The Secret: Dare to Dream

5th May
Daughters Of (In Our Mothers’ Gardens)
Reminiscence (2021)

6th May
City of God: 10 Years Later

7th May
Have You Ever Seen Fireflies?

9th May
High Crimes
The Princess Weiyoung

10th May
Studio 666

11th May
The Defected

13th May
Ahaan
Mere Pyare Prime Minister
Rencor tatuado (Tatoo of Revenge)

14th May
Big Momma’s House
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
I Hear You
Pure as Snow

15th May
Bee Movie
Darkest Hour
Fifty Shades of Grey
Honey: Rise Up and Dance
I Am Bolt
Inglourious Basterds
Kicking & Screaming (2005)
Long Live the Bonus Family
Penguins of Madagascar: The Movie
Shark Tale
Sleepless Society: Two Pillows & A Lost Soul
Turbo
Wild Child

16th May
Born in Gaza
Born in Syria
The Bridge (2017)
The CEO
Dying to Tell
The Figurine
Hwarang
Just Like Heaven
Mokalik (Mechanic)
October 1
Phone Swap
The Producers (Peurodyusa)

17th May
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir
Well-Intended Love (Boss Wants to Marry Me)

18th May
Costco: Is It Really Worth It?
Laerte-se

19th May
Endless (2020)
Hating Peter Tatchell

20th May
678 (Cairo 678)
Asmaa
Until Midnight
Warsaw by Night

22nd May
Dark Money
Look Away

23rd May
The Drowning (2021)

24th May
Sing 2

25th May
Uncharted

2nd June
The Platform: Season 1 to 3

3rd June
Baptiste

4th June
Back to Q82
Blind Intersections
Here Comes the Rain
I Have a Script
In the Bosom of a Thorn
Wanted
What If?
The Writer

5th June
Baby Ballroom
Edge of Tomorrow

6th June
The Hangover
The Hangover: Part II
The Hangover: Part III

7th June
The Many Saints of Newark
Rock My Heart
Stree

8th June
Becky

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